Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Boundaries
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of East Cambridgeshire
- The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of: Cottenham; Milton & Waterbeach. [2]
The bulk of the electorate, including the city of Ely and the town of Soham, will be derived from about two-thirds of the (to be abolished) constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, with the addition of areas from North East Cambridgeshire ( Littleport, Sutton-in-the-Isle and Downham Villages) and South Cambridgeshire ( Cottenham). There is no current political party or independent who has won in this seat yet.
A full list of wards in the Ely & East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary constituency are as follows:
- Bottisham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Burwell (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Cottenham (From South Cambridgeshire)
- Downham Villages (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely East (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely North (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely West (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Fordham & Isleham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Haddenham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Littleport (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Milton & Waterbeach (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Soham North (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Soham South (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Stretham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Sutton-in-the-Isle (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Woodditton (From South East Cambridgeshire)
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane [3] | ||||
| Reform UK | Edmund Fordham [4] | ||||
| Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams [5] | ||||
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour [@EastCambsLabour] (April 12, 2024). "We are delighted to announce that #ElizabethMcWilliams will be #Labour's candidate in the general election here in #ElyandEastCambridgeshire. Let's work together to bring the change that our constituency and the country so desperately need, let's get out future back" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
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